Rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vasculitis, can affect the body in many ways, but perhaps the most serious is the increased risk of heart disease for many patients. As the risk of atherosclerosis in autoimmune disease patients gains increased attention, rheumatologists and cardiologists are collaborating more often to…
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Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Parents Discuss Challenges, Support Rheumatologists Can Offer
One parent wishes that she could have consulted a crystal ball at the beginning of her daughter’s illness to have “some kind of idea of what we were in for. There are so many stages of letting go of the idea of what your little kid is in for in life, what they are going…
FDA Strengthens Warning Label for Certain Antiinflammatory Drugs
(Reuters)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is strengthening an existing warning label that non-aspirin, non-steroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) increase the risk of heart attack or stroke. NSAIDs include ibuprofen, naproxen, diclofenac and celecoxib, all of which carry FDA warning labels. The agency said it would require updates to the labels of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC)…
Rheumatology Coding Corner Question: Sacroiliac Injection with Office Visit
Coding for SI Injections with Office Visit A female patient previously diagnosed with sacroiliitis and ankylosing spondylitis returns to the office for a follow-up visit. The patient reports her lower back has been stiff and swollen for the past couple of weeks. She is currently on celecoxib and ranitidine, and mentions that she had some…
Coding Corner Question: December
CPT coding changes for arthrocentesis injections in 2015
Rheumatology Drug Updates, Trials, Safety Data
Legislative news on biosimilars, safety warning on epidural corticosteroid injections, and other drug updates rheumatologists need to know
How to Manage Pain in Patients with Renal Insufficiency or End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
Narcotic and non-narcotic pain regimens can be used
Coding Corner Question: October
Test your coding knowledge for an office visit by an obese Medicare patient with osteoarthritis (OA) whose knee is aspirated and injected with Synvisc-One
Coding Corner Question: September
Test your coding knowledge for an office visit by a patient with senile osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis who gets her first Reclast infusion
Coding Corner Question: August
Test your coding knowledge for a separate identifiable service billed for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis